[OpenLayers-Users] conversion of geoserver request from wms to wfs

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 05:32:43PM -0800, Tara wrote:
> 
> I have created a test geoserver datastore (PostGIS) which seems to be working
> correctly as a wms layer (although I set it up as wfs?).
> I copied the openlayers script from the geoserver demo to here:
> http://alt2is.com/pages_html/openlayers/occurrences_wms.html
> 
> But I really want to use it as a wfs layer over a basemap, so I tried to
> tweak the map that was working,
> using the wfs example from the openlayers/example page. That's here:
> http://alt2is.com/pages_html/openlayers/occurrences_wfs.html
> I get only the baselayer, not the overlay. 
> Firebug says "the bounds has no properties".
> To explore that error further, I took out the wfs request altogether, here:
> http://alt2is.com/pages_html/openlayers/google_potter.html
> and the "the bounds has no properties" is still appearing.
> But the map is displaying the correct bounds...
> 
> I am really confused now.

Try calling zoomToExtent before adding the overviewmap control.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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